Improved revolving shelves



MPETERS. PHOTD-LIYHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D L UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE` SILAS .VERNOY AND NICHOLAS OVERFIELD, OF MESHOPPAN, PA.

IMPROVED REVOLVING SHELVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 37,780, dated February 24, 1863.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, SILAS VERNOY and NIcHoLas OVEREIELD, of Meshoppan, in the county of Wyoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Revolving Shelves for Domestic or Household Purposes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same., reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is an elevation of our invention. Fig. 2 is a detached elevation of the post pertaining to the same. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view of the invention.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple and economical method of constructing rotary shelving for household purposes, so that the device may be afforded at suoli a small cost as to be within the reach ot' all classes of the community, and be capable of heilig packed closely to facilitate and reduce the cost of transportation.

To this end the invention consists in the employment or use of a post, the greater portion ofthe length of which is of quadrilateral form', and notched or recessed at each side, over which a board or strip is nailed orscrewed to form mortises to receive slats which constitute the shelves, the lower part of the post having asheet-metal plate litted on it to prevent the ascent of rats or mice, as hereinafter fully described.

To enable those skill( d in the art to fully understand and construct our invention7 we will proceed to describe it.

A represents a vertical post, which is of wood and of square form the greater portion of its length. This square portion, which is designated by a., has notches or recesses b b formed transversely in it at each side and at equal distances apart. These notches are in the same planes at opposite sides of the post, and those, b, at two opposite sides are below those, b', of the other two opposite sides. (See Fig. 2.)

To each side of the square portion c of the post there is secured by nails or screws a board or strip, c, the latter extending the whole length of a and converting the notches or recesses b b into mortises, through which wooden slats B B are passed, the slats B passing through the recesses b, and the slats B passing through the recesses b', as shown in Fig. l. These slate are all of equal length, and are adjusted or fitted in 'the notches or recesses, so as to project at equal distances from the post at each side of it, as shown clearly in Fig. 3. Each pair of slatsthat is to say, the two slats which are fitted in two notches or recesses, which are in the same plane at two opposite sides of the post-form one shelf which projects from two opposite sides of the post, the slats of each pair being sufficiently close together to hold the articles designed for them-milk-pans, for instance, and other articles. rlhe lower end of the post A is provided with a journal, c', which is fitted in a suitable step, and the upper end of the post is also provided with a similar journal, c", tted in a proper bearing. The post is allowed to turn freely, so thatthe several shelves may all be brought successively7 in front of a person for the convenience of placingarticles on them and removing the same therefrom. ln case the spaces between the shelves are not sufficiently great to admit of some articles passing in between the shelf they are to rest upon and the shelf above it, the slats which form the upper shelf may be removed. By this means the space will be doubled in height.

'lhe device, it will be seen, may be constructed at a small cost, and may be packed in a small compass for transportation by withdrawing the slats and tying them longitudinally to the post.

C is a piece of tinned plate or sheet metal, which is iitted horizontally on the lower part of the square portion a of the post, and secured in position by nails d or other proper means. This plate effectually prevents the ascent of rats or mice up the post A.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The post A, notched or recessed, as shown, and having the side strips or boards, c, secured to it, in combination with the slats B B', all arranged as shown, to form a new and improved article of manufacture, for the purpose specified.

SILAS VERNOY, NICHOLAS OVERFIELD.

Witnesses:

G. C. WHEAT, L. E. HEWITT. 

